Barbarossa : the axis and the allies / edited by John Erickson and David Dilks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, John, Author.

Contributor:

Erickson, John, 1929-2002, editor.

Dilks, David, 1938- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union.

World War, 1939-1945.

Military campaigns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

On 22 June 1941, German tanks rolled into the Soviet Union in an offensive which was to claim the lives of nearly 49 million people. Until the opening of Soviet archives, however, and the easing of their ideological grip, 'Operation Barbarossa' remained a mystery.Now, through the distinguished contributions of people like President Yeltsin's adviser, Colonel-General Dmitri Volkogonov, and the German historian Professor Klaus-Jurgen Muller, comes a book which for the first time challenges the official Soviet historiography and offers the first truly global picture of the war in Russia.From Nazi-Soviet relations at the start of the war, and the Soviet Union's response to the German attack, Barbarossa moves to the little examined subject of the invasion's aftermath. And offering dramatic new evidence on Hitler's objectives, Stalin's strategy and readiness for war, the Battle of Moscow, and Japan's wartime policy towards the Soviet Union, this book also deals with the previously taboo subjects of the personalities and politics of collaboration and the massive human toll of the invasion.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Part 1 Germany Turns East, 1939-1941

Introduction

Chapter 1 Ribbentrop and the Soviet Union, 1937-1941

Chapter 2 The Yugoslav Coup D'État, 27 March 1941

Chapter 3 British Intelligence and Barbarossa

Chapter 4 The German Attack, the Soviet Response, Sunday, 22 June 1941

Part 2 Strained Alliances, Flawed Strategies

Chapter 5 An Alliance of Sorts

Chapter 6 Barbarossa and the Soviet Leadership

Chapter 7 The Collapse of Stalin's Diplomacy and Strategy

Chapter 8 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the North- South Dilemma

Chapter 9 Moscow 1941

Part 3 Conflict, Compromise, Cost

Chapter 10 The Brutalisation of Warfare, Nazi Crimes and the Wehrmacht

Chapter 11 The Hidden Dimension

Chapter 12 Soviet War Losses

Notes on the Contributors

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474468060

1474468063